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Sated is Ready! and an Almond and Chocolate Frangipane Tart

May 21 by Anita 19 Comments

Well, it’s finished! Stephanie and I have officially sent off the first issue of sated magazine to the printers! I can’t tell you what a big sigh of happiness we heaved when we finally reached that milestone. After months of long nights, intense work (and re-work), we can say we accomplished the first step of […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Recipes, Sated, Tarts Tagged With: almond, chocolate, frangipane, sated, tart

A Chocolate Mint Tart to Round Out the Year

Dec 30 by Anita 31 Comments

Hello dear readers, In a couple of hours I’ll be boarding a plane to fly back to the US, so I’ll be ringing in the new year at home. It’s been a great two weeks in Vietnam and Hong Kong, filled with family and, as always, a surfeit of good food. Below is one of […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: chocolate, mint, tart

A Plum (or Dog) By Any Other Name

Sep 7 by Anita 25 Comments

Taking a brief break from vacation recapping…just a few more stops left to cover! I swear I’ll finish my vacation scrapbook before summer is over! I couldn’t not post about stone fruit season and the sunset-hued wave of fruits enveloping farmers’ markets right now. If you haven’t bitten into a ripe, outrageously fragrant autumn plum […]...

Filed Under: Fruit, Personal, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: almond, plum, pluot, snickers, tart

An Abundance of Apricots

Jun 12 by Anita 32 Comments

  Roasted Apricot Cinnamon Sugar Tartlets Sometimes it's hard to figure out what to make. Sometimes I suffer from a surfeit of suggestions, unable to settle on just one idea, other times it's the dreaded blank slate, when everything seems either too simple or too difficult or too not my style or not my flavors […]...

Filed Under: Fruit, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: apricot, blitz puff, tart

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Anita Chu, also known as pastrygirl, is a baker, writer, and photographer with a passion for pastry. She trained at Tante Marie's Cooking School and is the author of Field Guide to Cookies, Field Guide to Candy, and Lollipop Love. Anita lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughter, and dog Max. More about pastrygirl

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